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Quality education in Bangladesh: Leadership roles of school heads and teachers to integrate technology in secondary school classrooms.

Morshed, Md. Niaz
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1467393659

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2016, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Cross-Cultural, International Education.
This study investigated the quality education components of the technology integrated classrooms in Bangladeshi secondary education, and secondly, the roles played by the school leaders to integrate technology which might support those quality components. Sixteen school leaders were interviewed to determine the quality components and leaders’ roles. Only teachers and head teachers were considered as school leaders for this study. One-on-one in-depth interviews made up the major primary data collection. These interviews were taken to address research questions regarding the quality education components Multimedia Classrooms (MMCs) have in secondary education of Bangladesh, the leadership roles played by head teachers in integrating technology in secondary education MMCs that might support quality education, and the leadership roles played by the non-head teachers in integrating technology in secondary education MMCs. Although qualitative methodology is employed, a mix of qualitative (maximum variation) and quantitative (snowball) sampling is used to select these sixteen participants or cases. This is a case study guided by the instructional leadership model of Weber (Hoy & Miskel, 2004). The findings have two parts. The first part identified some quality education components of MMCs in secondary education. These components help students’ learn easily and enhance teachers’ teaching ability by utilizing educational technology in the MMC. Major national policies and some international declarations and conventions like the national Information Communication Technology (ICT) policy (2009), the National Education Policy (2010), EFA (Education for All), and MDG (Millennium Development Goal) influence these quality components. The second part of the findings addressed school leaders’ roles in integrating technology which might promote desired quality components. Thirty-one subthemes of leadership roles were categorized in five broad areas: defining institutional visions, managing curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning, assessment, and attitudes toward technological integration. These roles followed the jobs or responsibilities of Weber’s model. For example, school leaders develop a common vision collaboratively, supervise and monitor classroom practices, provide support for the enhancement of the teaching-learning process and professional development, and possess positive attitudes to promote a positive learning climate for the technological integration. School leaders play their roles in collaboration with other government and non-government actors, where some limitations regarding the infrastructure and resources turned out to be barriers to their leadership roles.
Bruce Collet, Dr. (Advisor)
Hyeyoung Bang, Dr. (Committee Member)
Bonnie L. Mitchell, Dr. (Committee Member)
195 p.
Education
Educational Leadership; Educational Technology; Quality Education; Bangladesh Secondary Education;

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  • Morshed, M. N. (2016). Quality education in Bangladesh: Leadership roles of school heads and teachers to integrate technology in secondary school classrooms. [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1467393659

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Morshed, Md. Niaz. Quality education in Bangladesh: Leadership roles of school heads and teachers to integrate technology in secondary school classrooms. 2016. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1467393659.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Morshed, Md. Niaz. "Quality education in Bangladesh: Leadership roles of school heads and teachers to integrate technology in secondary school classrooms." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1467393659

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